http://programmer.ie/tags/life-like-cellular-automata/ Recent content in Life-Like Cellular Automata on Programmer.ie: Modern AI programming Hugo en-us Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:27:00 +0100 http://programmer.ie/post/cellular-automata-from-first-principles-07/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:27:00 +0100 http://programmer.ie/post/cellular-automata-from-first-principles-07/ <h1 id="cellular-automata-from-first-principles-07-beyond-conway--life-like-and-multi-state-rules">Cellular Automata From First Principles 07: Beyond Conway — Life-like and Multi-State Rules</h1> <p>Conway&rsquo;s Game of Life is famous enough that it can accidentally become the definition of cellular automata.</p> <p>It is not.</p> <p>Life is one point in a much larger design space.</p> <p>Keep the same two-dimensional grid and the same eight-cell Moore neighborhood, then change only the birth and survival counts.</p> <p>You immediately get a family of <strong>Life-like cellular automata</strong>.</p>